Several roads around the area are closed off or very slow according to New Jersey Fast Traffic preventing many beachgoers from easily heading home. No injuries have yet been reported and all firefighters are accounted for.

Crowds of people gathered along the sidewalk to watch the fire; ABC 7 reportsthe fire was seen for miles around.
The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, the Ocean County Fire Marshal's office and the Ocean County Sheriff's Criminalistics Investigations Unit are all investigating the fire.